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Dans le cadre du challenge de la photo macro avec Fingertips, je propose cette pince cravatte avec une base taillée sur de la nacre gravée aux motifs marquisiens portant une Perle noire de Tahiti.
#Macro #TahitianBlackPearl #MacroMondays #Fingertips #HMM
NO! This is two sets of cuff links and a tie bar from the ocean liner RMS Aquitania. She was similar in appearance to Titanic, a little bit longer and somewhat lighter. and she never hit an iceberg when I was on board with my parents. Macro Mondays Theme Inheritance, HMM
This is a postcard view of Latt's Tie Bar, circa 1950, once a somewhat eccentric downtown fixture. Milton Latt opened the tie mart shortly after Word War II, and it stayed in business until 1955. A newspaper article and photo from 1947 marked the visit of the Count of Luxembourg to Latt's. The Count apparently was an avid collector of neckwear and thought Latt's better than anything he'd seen in Europe. Then in 1950 the Three Stooges dropped by for some new ties. The tie bar was part of a much longer lasting men's clothing business that began under Milton Latt's father in 1910 and continued after the tie bar shut down as Latt's Country Squire. Latt's Country Squire was run by Milton Latt's son, Alan, and lasted until 1993, a time when many longtime local businesses failed.
Hidden deep in the wooded hillside, SS Castle is all that remains of the1876 fan house housing the 30 foot diameter fan that drew fresh air through the Eston ironstone mines. The name derives from the S-shaped iron wall ties - must have had a subsidence problem, can't think why :-)
strobist:
sb600 @ camera left, full power, bare
sb28 @ camera right, 1/2 power, bare
triggered by cactus wireless
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hi, everyone. i've missed you. my life took over and i wasn't shooting nearly as much as i've wanted to. a lot has changed in the past few weeks, and it's time for me to put my camera to use once more. i look forward to being back on flickr!
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For the Prince celebration, Kat is dressed all in purple. Purple tie, purple shirt, purple skirt.
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Telford Steam Railway Locomotive Shed
The building now known as ‘The Old Loco Shed’ in Horsehay home of the Telford Steam Railway was built in 1863 It was originally used as a ‘goods transhipment shed’, to transfer goods between the Coalbrookdale Company’s narrow gauge plateway system and the standard gauge Wellington and Severn Junction Railway. The original tramways entered the shed through the now bricked up archways on either side of the main entrance, and an original ‘tiebar’ can still be seen set in the floor of one of them. The shed was subsequently used as the works engine shed and a lorry store, before the works closed down in the 1980s. The shed now houses the operational steam locomotives, and rolling stock under restoration or overhaul,
After 161 years the shed is still in daily use, and is the operational base for the Telford Steam Railway. Naturally, this old building requires regular upkeep and repairs, not only to conserve and retain the appearance and ‘spirit’ of its historical significance (it is 1 of only 3 original buildings from the Horsehay Iron Works still standing), but to also keep it compliant with current health and safety regulations and working conditions.
For the Prince celebration, Kat is dressed all in purple. Purple tie, purple shirt, purple skirt.
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This morning we ask:
Can Robin wear a neck tie?
And the answer is....
1. The oldest item of clothing you own (My Good Luck tie!)
2. Something ornate (Both the tie clip and the drone are both ornate.)
3. Saturated colours. (Colors up to 11 baby!)
I knew that the oldest item of clothing I owned was my vintage-Winnie-the-Pooh tie. It's my good luck tie! I wear it to all of my job interviews and pretty much everything but funerals. But NOT because I don't want to. Mainly people just say I can't, so I don't. (But I would....)
I also knew that "something ornate" could easily be any one of a number of tie tacks and bars/clips I own. I knew the gold one with the sparkly diamond was the one.
Saturated colors are super easy in Lightroom, so that's just tweaking until it seems more vibrant.
But a regular old still-life arrangement of a tie could easily be seen in a previous Iron Photographer submission I did a few years ago. I try to make them unique.
My goal this month has been to fly my drone every day that I can. Crazy wind, I could still take him (his name is Robin) up in the backyard and just fly around. A "crash" would just mean a soft landing in the grass. No big deal.
Wet-weather will just mean I bring the drone indoors, and fly around a bit, or maybe do something indoors that's droney?
But today, I got up really early, took a few sunrise shots, and it was in that mildly sleep-deprived state that I knew what I had to do: put a tie on a drone.
The logistics, of course, would come later. Would the tie fit? Could I remember how to properly tie a tie? Would the drone destroy the tie before or after it landed? And so on. The stakes were high, after all this was my lucky tie!
I tied the tie around my own neck first, of course. Transferring it over to Robin's waist carefully. (I know. It's his neck. But it's really his waist. Think about spiders and pants, or dogs and pants, and it's just as confusing!)
I folded the tie underneath and placed it down carefully, getting everything set-up.
Luckily, my Fuji X-T2 does a fantastic job of basically everything you'd want an SLR to do, including a great built-in intervalometer (timer).
I set the timer to shoot every second until I stopped it, and fired up the drone.
It lifted off without a hitch, and the wind created by the drone made the tie move in all sorts of fun ways. This image was the result of the most interesting yet "tie-like" shape of the bunch.
I decided, with such a perfect take-off and photo shoot, I wanted to keep the tie, so I reached under the drone and held it while we cut the motors and it just stopped in my hand.
A perfect shoot!
The First of the series, using Star Wars helmets for a bit of humor, so that it is no longer " a long long time ago", but modern fashion and ad design.
This large and ancient metal lathe is located in Lookout, California, in Lassen County, Big Valley.
This is in the boonies of Northern CA.
The label reads:
The Hendey Machine Co. Torrington Conn. U.S.A.
The size is as follows:
Swing over bed: 18"
Swing over carriage: unknown
Chuck diameter: unknown
Bed length: 10 feet
It may have been built in the 1905-1920 era, from what I've learned so far.
It has a full feed/threading gearbox.
It is equipped with at least parts of a taper attachment.
The original drive, which may have been a lineshaft or an electric motor is long gone. In its place, a modern 1HP motor with an unknown number of poles drives the conehead through a three-speed automotive transmission and a flat belt to the spindle cone. The owner says the motor will start the spindle in anything but highest gear.
It is owned by a fine older gentleman named Willie. He owns a LARGE property full of old tractors, cars, trucks, bulldozers and vehicles of varied and sundry description.
This lathe was still in occasional use. I expect that it could be restored to its former glory by a man willing and able to put a LOT of time and/or money into it. I plan to buy it some day, assuming Willie gets tired of it at some point.
More info on Hendey lathes:
This large and ancient metal lathe is located in Lookout, California, in Lassen County, Big Valley.
This is in the boonies of Northern CA.
The label reads:
The Hendey Machine Co. Torrington Conn. U.S.A.
The size is as follows:
Swing over bed: 18"
Swing over carriage: unknown
Chuck diameter: unknown
Bed length: 10 feet
It may have been built in the 1905-1920 era, from what I've learned so far.
It has a full feed/threading gearbox.
It is equipped with at least parts of a taper attachment.
The original drive, which may have been a lineshaft or an electric motor is long gone. In its place, a modern 1HP motor with an unknown number of poles drives the conehead through a three-speed automotive transmission and a flat belt to the spindle cone. The owner says the motor will start the spindle in anything but highest gear.
It is owned by a fine older gentleman named Willie. He owns a LARGE property full of old tractors, cars, trucks, bulldozers and vehicles of varied and sundry description.
This lathe was still in occasional use. I expect that it could be restored to its former glory by a man willing and able to put a LOT of time and/or money into it. I plan to buy it some day, assuming Willie gets tired of it at some point.
More info on Hendey lathes:
A design feature that can be noticed in most of the Islamic buildings in Cairo is the pointed arch, or the two-centered arch.
The main difference between a pointed arch and that of a more traditional rounded arch is that pointed arches give the illusion of more height in a building's interior.
Pointed arches are also more difficult to create. Whereas rounded arches have one central point from which the arch is built, the pointed arch needs two centers to create two different circles, which are then combined to create one arch.
Also to note, the pillars in the mosques in Cairo are almost all taken from neighboring Coptic churches. The capitals (the block at the top of a pillar) are also "taken," however because Islamic architecture forbids animal and human depiction in mosques, the designers needed to be very careful to only include stylistic capitals and designs. A heavy task for those involved in the building and renovation of this almost 1,400-year-old mosque as there are hundreds of pillars and capitals!
This large and ancient metal lathe is located in Lookout, California, in Lassen County, Big Valley.
This is in the boonies of Northern CA.
The label reads:
The Hendey Machine Co. Torrington Conn. U.S.A.
The size is as follows:
Swing over bed: 18"
Swing over carriage: unknown
Chuck diameter: unknown
Bed length: 10 feet
It may have been built in the 1905-1920 era, from what I've learned so far.
It has a full feed/threading gearbox.
It is equipped with at least parts of a taper attachment.
The original drive, which may have been a lineshaft or an electric motor is long gone. In its place, a modern 1HP motor with an unknown number of poles drives the conehead through a three-speed automotive transmission and a flat belt to the spindle cone. The owner says the motor will start the spindle in anything but highest gear.
It is owned by a fine older gentleman named Willie. He owns a LARGE property full of old tractors, cars, trucks, bulldozers and vehicles of varied and sundry description.
This lathe was still in occasional use. I expect that it could be restored to its former glory by a man willing and able to put a LOT of time and/or money into it. I plan to buy it some day, assuming Willie gets tired of it at some point.
More info on Hendey lathes:
This large and ancient metal lathe is located in Lookout, California, in Lassen County, Big Valley.
This is in the boonies of Northern CA.
The label reads:
The Hendey Machine Co. Torrington Conn. U.S.A.
The size is as follows:
Swing over bed: 18"
Swing over carriage: unknown
Chuck diameter: unknown
Bed length: 10 feet
It may have been built in the 1905-1920 era, from what I've learned so far.
It has a full feed/threading gearbox.
It is equipped with at least parts of a taper attachment.
The original drive, which may have been a lineshaft or an electric motor is long gone. In its place, a modern 1HP motor with an unknown number of poles drives the conehead through a three-speed automotive transmission and a flat belt to the spindle cone. The owner says the motor will start the spindle in anything but highest gear.
It is owned by a fine older gentleman named Willie. He owns a LARGE property full of old tractors, cars, trucks, bulldozers and vehicles of varied and sundry description.
This lathe was still in occasional use. I expect that it could be restored to its former glory by a man willing and able to put a LOT of time and/or money into it. I plan to buy it some day, assuming Willie gets tired of it at some point.
More info on Hendey lathes:
This large and ancient metal lathe is located in Lookout, California, in Lassen County, Big Valley.
This is in the boonies of Northern CA.
The label reads:
The Hendey Machine Co. Torrington Conn. U.S.A.
The size is as follows:
Swing over bed: 18"
Swing over carriage: unknown
Chuck diameter: unknown
Bed length: 10 feet
It may have been built in the 1905-1920 era, from what I've learned so far.
It has a full feed/threading gearbox.
It is equipped with at least parts of a taper attachment.
The original drive, which may have been a lineshaft or an electric motor is long gone. In its place, a modern 1HP motor with an unknown number of poles drives the conehead through a three-speed automotive transmission and a flat belt to the spindle cone. The owner says the motor will start the spindle in anything but highest gear.
It is owned by a fine older gentleman named Willie. He owns a LARGE property full of old tractors, cars, trucks, bulldozers and vehicles of varied and sundry description.
This lathe was still in occasional use. I expect that it could be restored to its former glory by a man willing and able to put a LOT of time and/or money into it. I plan to buy it some day, assuming Willie gets tired of it at some point.
More info on Hendey lathes:
This large and ancient metal lathe is located in Lookout, California, in Lassen County, Big Valley.
This is in the boonies of Northern CA.
The label reads:
The Hendey Machine Co. Torrington Conn. U.S.A.
The size is as follows:
Swing over bed: 18"
Swing over carriage: unknown
Chuck diameter: unknown
Bed length: 10 feet
It may have been built in the 1905-1920 era, from what I've learned so far.
It has a full feed/threading gearbox.
It is equipped with at least parts of a taper attachment.
The original drive, which may have been a lineshaft or an electric motor is long gone. In its place, a modern 1HP motor with an unknown number of poles drives the conehead through a three-speed automotive transmission and a flat belt to the spindle cone. The owner says the motor will start the spindle in anything but highest gear.
It is owned by a fine older gentleman named Willie. He owns a LARGE property full of old tractors, cars, trucks, bulldozers and vehicles of varied and sundry description.
This lathe was still in occasional use. I expect that it could be restored to its former glory by a man willing and able to put a LOT of time and/or money into it. I plan to buy it some day, assuming Willie gets tired of it at some point.
More info on Hendey lathes:
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This large and ancient metal lathe is located in Lookout, California, in Lassen County, Big Valley.
This is in the boonies of Northern CA.
The label reads:
The Hendey Machine Co. Torrington Conn. U.S.A.
The size is as follows:
Swing over bed: 18"
Swing over carriage: unknown
Chuck diameter: unknown
Bed length: 10 feet
It may have been built in the 1905-1920 era, from what I've learned so far.
It has a full feed/threading gearbox.
It is equipped with at least parts of a taper attachment.
The original drive, which may have been a lineshaft or an electric motor is long gone. In its place, a modern 1HP motor with an unknown number of poles drives the conehead through a three-speed automotive transmission and a flat belt to the spindle cone. The owner says the motor will start the spindle in anything but highest gear.
It is owned by a fine older gentleman named Willie. He owns a LARGE property full of old tractors, cars, trucks, bulldozers and vehicles of varied and sundry description.
This lathe was still in occasional use. I expect that it could be restored to its former glory by a man willing and able to put a LOT of time and/or money into it. I plan to buy it some day, assuming Willie gets tired of it at some point.
More info on Hendey lathes:
This large and ancient metal lathe is located in Lookout, California, in Lassen County, Big Valley.
This is in the boonies of Northern CA.
The label reads:
The Hendey Machine Co. Torrington Conn. U.S.A.
The size is as follows:
Swing over bed: 18"
Swing over carriage: unknown
Chuck diameter: unknown
Bed length: 10 feet
It may have been built in the 1905-1920 era, from what I've learned so far.
It has a full feed/threading gearbox.
It is equipped with at least parts of a taper attachment.
The original drive, which may have been a lineshaft or an electric motor is long gone. In its place, a modern 1HP motor with an unknown number of poles drives the conehead through a three-speed automotive transmission and a flat belt to the spindle cone. The owner says the motor will start the spindle in anything but highest gear.
It is owned by a fine older gentleman named Willie. He owns a LARGE property full of old tractors, cars, trucks, bulldozers and vehicles of varied and sundry description.
This lathe was still in occasional use. I expect that it could be restored to its former glory by a man willing and able to put a LOT of time and/or money into it. I plan to buy it some day, assuming Willie gets tired of it at some point.
More info on Hendey lathes:
The Tay Rail Bridge
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The Tay Bridge (sometimes unoffically the Tay Rail Bridge) is a railway bridge approximately 2.75 miles (3.5 kilometers) long that spans the Firth of Tay in Scotland,between the city of Dundee and the suburb of Wormit in Fife.
As with the Forth Bridge,the Tay Bridge has als been called the Tay Bridge since the construction of the road bridge over the Firth of Tay,the Tay Road Bridge.The rail bridge replaced an earl train ferry.
"Tay Bridge" was also the codename for the funeral plans for Queen Elizabeth,The Queen Mother.
The First Tay Bridge
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The original Tay Bridge was designed by noted railway engineer Sir Thomas Bouch,who received a knighthood following the bridge's completion.It was a lttice-grid design,combining cast and wrought iron.The design was well known,having been used first by Kennard in the Crumlin Viaduct in South Wales in 1858,following the innovative use of cast iron in Crystal Palace of London England.However,the Crystal Palace was not as heavil loaded as a railway bridge.A previous cast iron desing,the Dee Bridge in Chester,England which collapsed in 1847,failed due to poor use of cast-iron cirders.Later,Alexander Gustave Eiffel used a similar design to create several large viaducts in the Massif Central ,France (1867).
Proposal for constructing a bridge across the River Tay date back to at least 1854.The North Britsh Railway (Tay Bridge) Act receiving the Royal Assent on July 15,1870 and the foundation stone was laid on July 22,1871.
The Bridge Design -The Basic Concept
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The original design was for lattice griders supported by brick piers resting on bedrock shown by trail borings to lie at no great depth under the river.At either end of the bridge the single track rail ran on top of the bridge girder,most of which therefore lay below the pier tops.However,in the center section of the bridge,(the "high girder") the railway ran inside the bridge,which could then run above the pier tops to give the required clearance to allow passage of sailing ships upriver(e.g. to Perth).To accommodate thermal expansion there were few rigid connectiions between girders and piers.
However as the bridge extended out into the river,it became clear (December 1873) that the bedrock really much deeper,to act as a foundation for the bridge piers.Sir Thomas Bouch had to redesign the bridge.
He reduced the number of piers and correspondingly increased the span of the girders.The pier foundations were no longer taken down to bedrock,instead they were constructed by sinking brick-lind wrought-iron caissons onto the riverbed,removing sand until the caissons rested upon the consoildated gravel layer which had been misreported as rock,and then filling the caissons with concrete.To reduce the weight the ground under the caissons would have to support the brick piers were replaced by lattice iron skeleton piers(each pier had multiple cast-iron columns taking the weight of the bridge girder,with wrought iron horizontal braces and diagonal tiebars lining the columns of the pier to give rigidity and stability). the basic concept was well known,having been used first by Kennard in the Crumlin Viaduct in South Wales in 1858;Sir Thomas Bouch had used it for Viaducts (notable the Beelah Viaducts (1860) on the South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway line over Stainmore,England,but for the Tay Bridge,even with the largest praticale caissons pier dimensions were significantly constrained by the caissons in a hexagon; this maximsed the pier widtgh but not the amount of diagononal bracing directly resiting sidewalk forces.
The Bridge Design -- Design Details
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The engineering details on the Tay Bridge was considerably simpler,lighter,and cheaper then on earlier Viaducts.On these the machined based of each column section docked securely into a machine enlarged section of the top of the section below.The joint was then secured by bolts through matching holes on lugs (Crumlin) or flanges (Belah) on the two sections.This 'spigot and faucet' configuration was used (apparently without machining) on some Tay Bridge pier columns,but on some the bolts were relied upon to ensure correct alignment.(In the event,the joint were using undersized bolts.This give greater tolerances when assembling the column,but the less positive alignment of the column joints as initially assembled and after any subsequent 'working' of the joint would have weakened the column).
On the Tay Bridge the diagonal bracing was by means of flat bars running from one lug at the column section top (and integral part of the column casting) to two sling plates bolted to the diagonally opposite lug.Bar and sling plates all had a matching longditudinal slot in them; the tie bar was placed between the sling plates with all three slots aligned and overlapping and a gib driven through all three slots and secured.Two cotters (medal wedges) were then positioned to fill the rest of the slot overlap,and driven in hard to put the tie under tension.Horizontal Bracing was provided by (wrought iron) channel iron.The various bolt head were too close to each other,and to the column for easy tightening up with spanners;this coupled with lack of precision in the preparation of the channeliron braces led to various on the site fitting expedients (one of them described by a witness to the enquirey as "about' as alovently a piece of work as ever i saw in my life').
On the Crumin Viaduct and Belah Viaduct,however,horizontal bracing was provided by substantial fitting cast-iron girders securely attached to the columns with the diagonal braces the girders.The Chairman of the court of Inquiry quoted at length from a contemporary book praising the detailed engineering of the belah Viaduct pier (and describing the Viaduct as one of the lightest and cheapest of the kind that had ever beenerected.)
...it is a distinguished feature in the Viaduct that the cross,or distance girders of the piers encircle the columns,which are turned up at that point,the girder being bored oput to fit the turned part with great accuracy.No cement of any kind was used in the whole structure,and the piers when completed,and the vertical horizontal wrought-iron bracing keyed up,are nearly as riged as though they were one solid piece...
...The fitting was all done by machines,which were specially designed for the purposed,finshed the work with mathematical accuracy.The flanges of the column were all faced up and their edges turned,and ever column was stepper into the one below it with a lip of about 5/8 of an inch (1.5 centimeters) in depth,the lip and socket for it being actualyly turned and bored,That portion of the column against which the cross girders rested was also turned.The whole operations were performed at one time,the column being centered in a hollow mandriil lathe.After being turned the column passed on to a drilling machine,in which all the holes in each flange were drilled out the solid simultaneously.And as this was done with them all in the same machine,the holes of couse,perfectly coincided when the columns were placed on the other in the progress of erection.Similar care was taken with the cross-girders,which were bored out at the ends by machines designed for the purpose.Thus,when the pieces of the Viaduct had to be put together at the place of erction these was literally not a tool required,and neither chipping or filing to retard the program to work.
Either,said the Chairman,the Belah Viaduct had been over-engineered.
Bridge Construction
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Whilst Sir Thomas Bouch was revising his design,A Grothe C.E.G,manage of the Tay Bridge contract,the company which had the contract for construction went out of business and the contract passed (June 1874) to Hopkins Gilkes and Company,successors to the Middlesbrough Company which had made the ironwork for the Belah Viaduct Hopkin Gilkes and Company originally intended to produce all the bridge ironwork on Teesside,but in the event continued to use a foundry at Wormit to oroduce the cast-iron components,and carry out limited post-casting machine operations.
The change in design increased cast and necessitated dalay,intensified after two of the high girders fell when being lifted into place (Fedruary 1877).
The fallengirders had to be removed and new ones built.One of the fallen griders was recovered and reused and piers to be earcted again;and this threatened seirously to interfere with the expection of having the bridge finshed passage of a train by September.Only eight months were now available for the erection and floating out of six,and the lifting of ten 245 feet (74.6 meters) spans.Five andseven respectively of the 145 feet (44.1 meters) spans had yet to go through the same process.Seven large piers and three small piers had to be built.The weight of the iron which to be put in its place was 2,700 tons,and it seemed incredible that all could he done in eight months.A good deal would depend on the weather but this was far from favourable.
Dispite this,the first enging crossed the bridge on September 22,1877,and upon its completion in early 1878 the Tay Bridge was the longest in the world.While visiting the city former United States Presidend Ulysses Simpon "SAM" Grant commented that was "a big bridge for a small city".
Inspection and opening
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Like all rail lines,the Tay Bridge was subject to a Board of Trade inspection before it could carry passenger trains.The inspection was conducted Febuary 25,1878 -- February 27,1878 by Major General Charles Scrope Hutchinson Corps of Royal Engineers Companions of the Order of Bath of the Railway Inspectorate,who measured the deflection of the 245 feet (774.6 meters) bridge girder under a distributed load of 1.5 tons per foot (5 T/M) due to heavy locomotives (travelling at up to 40 miles per hour (65 kilometers per hour) as less then 2 inchs 50 milimeters).He reported that "these results are in my opinion to be satisfactory.The lateral oscillation,as observed by the theodolite ehen the engines ran over at speed,was very slight and the stucture overall showed great stiffness.He required some minor remedial work and 'recommended' a 25 miles per hour speed limit over the bridge.(Major General Charles Scrope Hutchinson Corps of Royal Engineers Comanions of the Order of Bath subsequently explained to the Inquire that he had suggested the speed limit because of minimal taper on the piers.) The inspection report added '... when again visiting the sport should whish,if possible,to have an opportunity of observing the effects of high wind when a train of carriages is running over the bridge...'.
The bridge was opened for passenger traffic on June 1,1878,formal opening cememonies having taking place the previous day,in the couse of which Sior Thomas Bouch was made a Burgess of Dundee "in respect of his meritorious service as engineer of the bridge...".
The following year (une 20,1879)Her Majesty Queen Victoria of Great Britain crossed the bridge to return south from Balmoral Castle;Sir Thomas Bouch was presented to Her Majesty before she did so,on June 26,1879 he was knighted by Her Majesty Queen Victoria of Great Britain at Windsor Castle.
The Tay Bridge Disaster
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On the night of December 28,1879 at 7:15 pm,the first bridge collapsed after its central span gave way during high winter gales.A train with six carriages carry seventy-five passengers and crew,crossing at the time of the collapse,plunged into the icy waters of the River Tay.All seventy-five were lost.The disaster stunned the whole contry and sent shock waves through the Victorian engineering community.The ensuring enquiry revealed that the bridge did not allow for high winds.At the time gale estimated at force ten or eleven (Tropical Storm force winds: 55 miles per hour -- 75 miles per hour (80 kilometers per hour -- 117 kilometers per hour0 had been blowing down the River Tay estury at right angles to the bridge.The engine itself was salvaged from the river and restored to the railway service.The collapsed of the bridge,opened only nineteen months earlier and passed as safe by the Board of Trade,is still the most famous bridge disaster of the British Isles.The disaster was commenorated in "The Tay Bridge Disaster",one of the best-known verse efforts of William Topaz McGonagall.German pote Theodor Fontane within 10 days of the disaster wrote his famous poem Die Bruck'am Tay.
The stumps of the original bridge piers are still visible above the surface on the River Tay even at high tide.
The Second Tay Bridge
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A new double-track bridge was designed by William Henry Borlow and built by Sir William Arrol & Company 18 meters (59 feet) upstream of ,and parallel to the original bridge.The bridge proposal was formally incorported in July 1881 and the foundation stone laid on July 6,1883.Contruction involed 25,000 metric tons (28,000 short tons) of iron and steel,70,000 metric tons 77,000 short tons) of concrete ten million bricks (weighing 37,500 metric tons (41,300 short tons) and three million rivets.Fourteen men lost their lives during construction,most by browning.
The second bridge opened on July 13,1887 and remain's in use.A $33,516,60.00 million strenghtening and refurbishment project ($32,976,480.00 million),on the bridge won the Bridge Construction Industy Civil Engineering Award,in consideration of the staggering scale logistics involed.More than 1,000 metric tons (1,100 short tons) of bird broppings were scraped off the bridge ironwork lattice of the bridge using hand tools,and bagged into 25 kllogram (55 pound) sacks.Hundeds of thousands of riviets were removed and replaced,all work being done in very exposed conditions high over a Firth of Tay with fast -running tides.
Double-heading of locomotives is prophibited across the bridge;consecutive locomotives must be separated by at 60 feet (18 meters) using barrie or reach wagons.
This large and ancient metal lathe is located in Lookout, California, in Lassen County, Big Valley.
This is in the boonies of Northern CA.
The label reads:
The Hendey Machine Co. Torrington Conn. U.S.A.
The size is as follows:
Swing over bed: 18"
Swing over carriage: unknown
Chuck diameter: unknown
Bed length: 10 feet
It may have been built in the 1905-1920 era, from what I've learned so far.
It has a full feed/threading gearbox.
It is equipped with at least parts of a taper attachment.
The original drive, which may have been a lineshaft or an electric motor is long gone. In its place, a modern 1HP motor with an unknown number of poles drives the conehead through a three-speed automotive transmission and a flat belt to the spindle cone. The owner says the motor will start the spindle in anything but highest gear.
It is owned by a fine older gentleman named Willie. He owns a LARGE property full of old tractors, cars, trucks, bulldozers and vehicles of varied and sundry description.
This lathe was still in occasional use. I expect that it could be restored to its former glory by a man willing and able to put a LOT of time and/or money into it. I plan to buy it some day, assuming Willie gets tired of it at some point.
More info on Hendey lathes:
This large and ancient metal lathe is located in Lookout, California, in Lassen County, Big Valley.
This is in the boonies of Northern CA.
The label reads:
The Hendey Machine Co. Torrington Conn. U.S.A.
The size is as follows:
Swing over bed: 18"
Swing over carriage: unknown
Chuck diameter: unknown
Bed length: 10 feet
It may have been built in the 1905-1920 era, from what I've learned so far.
It has a full feed/threading gearbox.
It is equipped with at least parts of a taper attachment.
The original drive, which may have been a lineshaft or an electric motor is long gone. In its place, a modern 1HP motor with an unknown number of poles drives the conehead through a three-speed automotive transmission and a flat belt to the spindle cone. The owner says the motor will start the spindle in anything but highest gear.
It is owned by a fine older gentleman named Willie. He owns a LARGE property full of old tractors, cars, trucks, bulldozers and vehicles of varied and sundry description.
This lathe was still in occasional use. I expect that it could be restored to its former glory by a man willing and able to put a LOT of time and/or money into it. I plan to buy it some day, assuming Willie gets tired of it at some point.
More info on Hendey lathes:
This large and ancient metal lathe is located in Lookout, California, in Lassen County, Big Valley.
This is in the boonies of Northern CA.
The label reads:
The Hendey Machine Co. Torrington Conn. U.S.A.
The size is as follows:
Swing over bed: 18"
Swing over carriage: unknown
Chuck diameter: unknown
Bed length: 10 feet
It may have been built in the 1905-1920 era, from what I've learned so far.
It has a full feed/threading gearbox.
It is equipped with at least parts of a taper attachment.
The original drive, which may have been a lineshaft or an electric motor is long gone. In its place, a modern 1HP motor with an unknown number of poles drives the conehead through a three-speed automotive transmission and a flat belt to the spindle cone. The owner says the motor will start the spindle in anything but highest gear.
It is owned by a fine older gentleman named Willie. He owns a LARGE property full of old tractors, cars, trucks, bulldozers and vehicles of varied and sundry description.
This lathe was still in occasional use. I expect that it could be restored to its former glory by a man willing and able to put a LOT of time and/or money into it. I plan to buy it some day, assuming Willie gets tired of it at some point.
More info on Hendey lathes:
This large and ancient metal lathe is located in Lookout, California, in Lassen County, Big Valley.
This is in the boonies of Northern CA.
The label reads:
The Hendey Machine Co. Torrington Conn. U.S.A.
The size is as follows:
Swing over bed: 18"
Swing over carriage: unknown
Chuck diameter: unknown
Bed length: 10 feet
It may have been built in the 1905-1920 era, from what I've learned so far.
It has a full feed/threading gearbox.
It is equipped with at least parts of a taper attachment.
The original drive, which may have been a lineshaft or an electric motor is long gone. In its place, a modern 1HP motor with an unknown number of poles drives the conehead through a three-speed automotive transmission and a flat belt to the spindle cone. The owner says the motor will start the spindle in anything but highest gear.
It is owned by a fine older gentleman named Willie. He owns a LARGE property full of old tractors, cars, trucks, bulldozers and vehicles of varied and sundry description.
This lathe was still in occasional use. I expect that it could be restored to its former glory by a man willing and able to put a LOT of time and/or money into it. I plan to buy it some day, assuming Willie gets tired of it at some point.
More info on Hendey lathes:
This large and ancient metal lathe is located in Lookout, California, in Lassen County, Big Valley.
This is in the boonies of Northern CA.
The label reads:
The Hendey Machine Co. Torrington Conn. U.S.A.
The size is as follows:
Swing over bed: 18"
Swing over carriage: unknown
Chuck diameter: unknown
Bed length: 10 feet
It may have been built in the 1905-1920 era, from what I've learned so far.
It has a full feed/threading gearbox.
It is equipped with at least parts of a taper attachment.
The original drive, which may have been a lineshaft or an electric motor is long gone. In its place, a modern 1HP motor with an unknown number of poles drives the conehead through a three-speed automotive transmission and a flat belt to the spindle cone. The owner says the motor will start the spindle in anything but highest gear.
It is owned by a fine older gentleman named Willie. He owns a LARGE property full of old tractors, cars, trucks, bulldozers and vehicles of varied and sundry description.
This lathe was still in occasional use. I expect that it could be restored to its former glory by a man willing and able to put a LOT of time and/or money into it. I plan to buy it some day, assuming Willie gets tired of it at some point.
More info on Hendey lathes:
This large and ancient metal lathe is located in Lookout, California, in Lassen County, Big Valley.
This is in the boonies of Northern CA.
The label reads:
The Hendey Machine Co. Torrington Conn. U.S.A.
The size is as follows:
Swing over bed: 18"
Swing over carriage: unknown
Chuck diameter: unknown
Bed length: 10 feet
It may have been built in the 1905-1920 era, from what I've learned so far.
It has a full feed/threading gearbox.
It is equipped with at least parts of a taper attachment.
The original drive, which may have been a lineshaft or an electric motor is long gone. In its place, a modern 1HP motor with an unknown number of poles drives the conehead through a three-speed automotive transmission and a flat belt to the spindle cone. The owner says the motor will start the spindle in anything but highest gear.
It is owned by a fine older gentleman named Willie. He owns a LARGE property full of old tractors, cars, trucks, bulldozers and vehicles of varied and sundry description.
This lathe was still in occasional use. I expect that it could be restored to its former glory by a man willing and able to put a LOT of time and/or money into it. I plan to buy it some day, assuming Willie gets tired of it at some point.
More info on Hendey lathes:
This large and ancient metal lathe is located in Lookout, California, in Lassen County, Big Valley.
This is in the boonies of Northern CA.
The label reads:
The Hendey Machine Co. Torrington Conn. U.S.A.
The size is as follows:
Swing over bed: 18"
Swing over carriage: unknown
Chuck diameter: unknown
Bed length: 10 feet
It may have been built in the 1905-1920 era, from what I've learned so far.
It has a full feed/threading gearbox.
It is equipped with at least parts of a taper attachment.
The original drive, which may have been a lineshaft or an electric motor is long gone. In its place, a modern 1HP motor with an unknown number of poles drives the conehead through a three-speed automotive transmission and a flat belt to the spindle cone. The owner says the motor will start the spindle in anything but highest gear.
It is owned by a fine older gentleman named Willie. He owns a LARGE property full of old tractors, cars, trucks, bulldozers and vehicles of varied and sundry description.
This lathe was still in occasional use. I expect that it could be restored to its former glory by a man willing and able to put a LOT of time and/or money into it. I plan to buy it some day, assuming Willie gets tired of it at some point.
More info on Hendey lathes:
This large and ancient metal lathe is located in Lookout, California, in Lassen County, Big Valley.
This is in the boonies of Northern CA.
The label reads:
The Hendey Machine Co. Torrington Conn. U.S.A.
The size is as follows:
Swing over bed: 18"
Swing over carriage: unknown
Chuck diameter: unknown
Bed length: 10 feet
It may have been built in the 1905-1920 era, from what I've learned so far.
It has a full feed/threading gearbox.
It is equipped with at least parts of a taper attachment.
The original drive, which may have been a lineshaft or an electric motor is long gone. In its place, a modern 1HP motor with an unknown number of poles drives the conehead through a three-speed automotive transmission and a flat belt to the spindle cone. The owner says the motor will start the spindle in anything but highest gear.
It is owned by a fine older gentleman named Willie. He owns a LARGE property full of old tractors, cars, trucks, bulldozers and vehicles of varied and sundry description.
This lathe was still in occasional use. I expect that it could be restored to its former glory by a man willing and able to put a LOT of time and/or money into it. I plan to buy it some day, assuming Willie gets tired of it at some point.
More info on Hendey lathes:
This large and ancient metal lathe is located in Lookout, California, in Lassen County, Big Valley.
This is in the boonies of Northern CA.
The label reads:
The Hendey Machine Co. Torrington Conn. U.S.A.
The size is as follows:
Swing over bed: 18"
Swing over carriage: unknown
Chuck diameter: unknown
Bed length: 10 feet
It may have been built in the 1905-1920 era, from what I've learned so far.
It has a full feed/threading gearbox.
It is equipped with at least parts of a taper attachment.
The original drive, which may have been a lineshaft or an electric motor is long gone. In its place, a modern 1HP motor with an unknown number of poles drives the conehead through a three-speed automotive transmission and a flat belt to the spindle cone. The owner says the motor will start the spindle in anything but highest gear.
It is owned by a fine older gentleman named Willie. He owns a LARGE property full of old tractors, cars, trucks, bulldozers and vehicles of varied and sundry description.
This lathe was still in occasional use. I expect that it could be restored to its former glory by a man willing and able to put a LOT of time and/or money into it. I plan to buy it some day, assuming Willie gets tired of it at some point.
More info on Hendey lathes:
This large and ancient metal lathe is located in Lookout, California, in Lassen County, Big Valley.
This is in the boonies of Northern CA.
The label reads:
The Hendey Machine Co. Torrington Conn. U.S.A.
The size is as follows:
Swing over bed: 18"
Swing over carriage: unknown
Chuck diameter: unknown
Bed length: 10 feet
It may have been built in the 1905-1920 era, from what I've learned so far.
It has a full feed/threading gearbox.
It is equipped with at least parts of a taper attachment.
The original drive, which may have been a lineshaft or an electric motor is long gone. In its place, a modern 1HP motor with an unknown number of poles drives the conehead through a three-speed automotive transmission and a flat belt to the spindle cone. The owner says the motor will start the spindle in anything but highest gear.
It is owned by a fine older gentleman named Willie. He owns a LARGE property full of old tractors, cars, trucks, bulldozers and vehicles of varied and sundry description.
This lathe was still in occasional use. I expect that it could be restored to its former glory by a man willing and able to put a LOT of time and/or money into it. I plan to buy it some day, assuming Willie gets tired of it at some point.
More info on Hendey lathes: